The Adventures of a Modern Day Puddle Duck

August Cyber Crop at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia - don't miss it!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:31:00 +0000

3 More Super Quick Layouts...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:00:00 +0000

Thanks to Vicki at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia, who challenged me to get ALL 3 of the August monthly challenges done this afternoon... I DID!!! And here they are...

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5 more to share...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:42:00 +0000

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3 layouts whipped up in 1 hour this afternoon...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:02:00 +0000

It's amazing how quick you can scrap when you have very limited time on your side...

Here are three layouts that I whipped up in just one hour this afternoon!

TFL xx

Time to reveal Challenge One for the July "Lights, Camera, Action" Cyber Crop at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:52:00 +0000

Challenge 1 – The Spotlight’s On You Baby!!!

Yep, that's right!!! For this challenge you need to create a layout starring YOU!!!

You must be the focus of your layout... tell us all about you...

- what you love and what you don't

- your dreams or wishes for the future

- and if you're game, share a little secret that nobody knows...

(mine's pretty shameful, as you will see when you read my journalling!)

You also need to include a photo of YOU!!!

You have full creative license to use as much or as little other "stuff" on your layout. You might be able to spy one of Sue's gorgeous buttons that I just love to pieces.

I just want you to have fun, and come up with something you can have a giggle about in years to come...

Enjoy xx

The winner of this challenge will receive $25 of handmade goodies from Joyful Blooms Crafts!

All entries must be loaded to the gallery by midnight Sunday 24th July!!

Here's my Opening Night Challenge for the "Lights, Camera, Action" July Cyber Crop at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:26:00 +0000

Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia July Cyber Crop

"Lights, Camera, Action!"

Opening Night Mini Challenge

When you hear the words Lights, Camera, Action, you probably think of actors on a movie set...
Well, for this challenge, you need to create a card or mini layout (smaller than 12 x 12) paying tribute to the movie industry...
You might opt for a vintage film inspired card or layout or even just “borrow” the title from one of your favourite flicks and apply it to an appropriate photo from your stash to use on your layout as I have done...
I ended up whipping up 3 very quick mini layouts using the movie titles:

- Million Dollar Baby

- The Colour Purple

(featuring some glorious Burdy's embellies!!!)

- A Chorus Line

The choice is yours - movie inspired or titled...
Enjoy!
The winner of this challenge will receive an awesome prize from Kathie at Scraphappy Kat!

All entries need to be loaded into the gallery at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia by midnight THURSDAY 14th JULY!!

(PLEASE NOTE THE SHORTER DUE TIME DUE TO THIS CHALLENGE BEING A MINI CHALLENGE!)

Will be posting the next challenge bright and early tomorrow morning...

TFL xx

I'm Guest Design Team member for July at the Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia Cyber Crop - I hope you can come play...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:56:00 +0000

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Some new layouts to share...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:44:00 +0000

Here are a few layouts that I created for June monthly challenges and cyber crop

over at Scrapbooking Top Australia...

TFL xx

GUESS WHAT???

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:50:00 +0000

Last night I found out that I had won the My Scraproom Rules competition that was run over six weeks by Scrapping Outback.

To say I was jumping up and down with excitement was an understatement!

All of the entries, by all of the other entrants were amazing, and the Design Team at Scrapping Outback did such an awesome job pulling together such an awesome contest!!!

Huge thanks to the competition sponsors:

A2Z Scraplets
Best Creation Inc
Flourish With A Bling
Scrap FX
The Dusty Attic

Thank you, thank you, thank you for everyone who voted for my creations over the last six weeks.

I feel very honoured to have won xx

MY SCRAPROOM RULES - Week 6

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:41:00 +0000

For the final week of the My Scraproom Rules competition we were issued with 3 mini challenges...

The first - to create something using a wooden spoon and scrap supplies.

The second - to create a cupcake (either an Off-the-Page, a layout, or card).

The third - to create an Old Meets New layout - using newly acquired scraps (leftovers) from the MSR competition kits and add in some old world (vintage) charm...

So... Here's what I came up with for the final week...

TFL xx

MY SCRAPROOM RULES - Week 5

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:39:00 +0000

For week five of My Scraproom Rules, a recipe challenge was issued by the incredibly lovely and uber-talented Rachelle - head honcho at Scrapping Outback : )

We were issued with a list of instructions, a kit of gorgeous Scrapping Outback products and told to follow the "recipe" as closely as possible... (kind of like a blind scrap, I guess!)

Here's what I came up with...

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MY SCRAPROOM RULES - Mini Album Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:21:00 +0000

For week 4 of the My Scraproom Rules competition, the lovely and super-sweet Joanne Bain asked us to create a mini album using specified criteria... basically it was a tower of a challenge...

Here's what I came up with...

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MY SCRAPROOM RULES - Week 3 layout

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Tue, 31 May 2011 06:03:00 +0000

The weekly challenge for week 3 was set by the amazing and adorable Alicia Barry...

Now, with the whole My Scraproom Rules competition being based around the TV reality cooking shows, Leish decided to set us a Mystery Box challenge with a twist...

We had to translate seven (7) basic cooking ingredients into scrapping supplies and then use them (and only them) to whip up our creation for the week PLUS we had to explain our choices and their application to our creations...

The seven (7) ingredients were: Flour; Pastry; Oil; Mixed herbs; Meat; Pasta; Sugar.

I chose to translate them into my layout as follows:

1. Flour = Patterned Paper - always the basis of any good recipe, flour is a necessity, and when substituting Patterned Paper for flour you have the perfect beginning to any layout to rise up from - and my 3 little butterflies are also cut from patterned paper...

2. Pastry = Chippie Title - I don’t know about you, but I love my pastry to be crispy and crunchy and nothing adds a little crunch to a layout like a good piece of chippie, especially when it’s a cutie like my Dancing Queen title from the Scrapping Outback shop!

3. Oil = Ink - no dish could be held together without the binding qualities of oil, and for me, ink has drawn in my creation by colouring my S.O. chippie title and lightly distressing the edges of my page.

4. Mixed herbs = Thread - mixed herbs are so often the basis of flavour, pulling together other ingredients, so for my creation; the thread is holding my sweet sugary buttons in place...

5. Meat = Flowers - protein is meant to sustain us, and I just could not survive without my flowers...

6. Pasta = Ribbons - sometimes plain, sometimes curly, but always a good side with any meal (or photo - te-he-he)...

7. Sugar = Buttons – sweet little clusters of buttons sprinkled around like a dusting of dusting of sugary goodness...

Here's what I came up with and some close-ups of my seven (7) ingredients:

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MY SCRAPROOM RULES - PRESSURE TEST CHALLENGE

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Mon, 30 May 2011 09:11:00 +0000

The lovelies at Scrapping Outback threw us a curve ball in the shape of a Pressure Test challenge this week as part of the MY SCRAPROOM RULES competition...

I ended up with CIRCLES and PAPER PIECING as my criteria...

I'd never paper pieced before, but had a go and here's what I came up with...

a couple of cute little bunnies...

TFL xx

12 layouts created from the new range by Echo Park...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Sun, 29 May 2011 06:35:00 +0000

Such awesome value, when you consider the range pack costs only $24.95, including all those gorgeous patterned papers, and cardstock stickers and aphas...

Add in a few flowers from Kaisercraft and Prima and throw in some stitching using the groovy Sew Easy tool by We R Memory Keeps and a bit of embroidery thread and you end up with 12 super-quick layouts...

I whipped these ones up for the fabulous Miss Fiona at Stamp and Scrapbook Madness and am so thrilled she asked me to - I completely LOVE this range... very fun and funky!!!

If you're heading to the Scrapbooking Expo on the June long-weekendm make sure you pop in to see her and tell her that Miss Puddleduck said to say "Hi" xx

TFL xx

Here are my layouts for the May challenges at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Wed, 25 May 2011 01:49:00 +0000

I had lots of fun whipping these ones up to complete this month's challenges by the girls over at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia!

TFL xx

Week 2 of My Scraproom Rules...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Tue, 24 May 2011 05:43:00 +0000

This week the challenge was set by the super-talented Queen of fussy-cutting layouts...

Yes, the one and only Trudi Harrison...

Ironically her challenge for MSR did not call for fussy cutting - that little curve ball was thrown at us last week by cheeky miss Jules...

Anyway, here's what I came up with to submit for week two...

You can check out all of the sensational layouts from the huge team of players in the Gallery at Srapping Outback. The weekly standings are announced each Thursday during the six weeks of the competition, so be sure to pop into the MSR part of the Forum to see how everyone is going...

TFL xx

MY SCRAPROOM RULES...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:59:00 +0000

Okay... well I've been waiting for what seems like forever for the My Scraproom Rules competition to start and now it's finally here!!! Yaaaayyyyyy....

The first challenge was set by one of the extremely talented Design Team girls at Scrapping Outback - the divine Miss Jules (Julie Hill).

You can check out Julie's awesome sample layout and challenge criteria (as well as find out all about the competition if you haven't already signed up) by popping over to the forum and gallery at Scrapping Outback.

Any-hoo... here's my take on Jules' challenge - my first layout of many to come from lots of other amazing Design Teams gals and Guest Designers over the next six weeks of competition...

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Here's what I whipped up today...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:44:00 +0000

These ones were all created for the Fairy Tale themed cyber crop this month at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia...

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I squeezed in a few layouts while we were away over Easter...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:23:00 +0000

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Here's what I've been working on for the last couple of days...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:17:00 +0000

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Our Snowman

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:33:00 +0000

Here's the final one for the April CC challenges at SBTop50...

Criteria for this challenge was:

paint or mist

lace or doiley

something metallic

more than 25 words of journalling

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A couple more that I whipped up last night...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:24:00 +0000

Here are another two layouts for the April Cyber Crop Challenges at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia...

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Another one ticked off the list...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:41:00 +0000

This is another layout created for the April Cyber Crop at Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia...
The challenge criteria were - use the word "sweet" in your title, add a banner, and include rub-ons.
The photo is of Caity when she was six months old...

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A quickie...

noreply@blogger.com (Linda M) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:17:00 +0000

Here's a quick layout I whipped up for the opening night mini challenge for the April Cyber Crop over at Scrapbooking Top 50...

This is the image we needed to draw our inspiration from...

Thanks for a fun challenge Becci : )

TFL xx